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Spot Forecast for BWCA SAR...St. Louis County EM
National Weather Service Duluth MN
725 AM CDT Wed May 22 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0800 CDT on May 22.
If there are questions or concerns with this forecast, or if
conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National
Weather Service in Duluth at 218-729-0653.

.DISCUSSION...

Clouds and rain showers will linger over the area this morning,
with ceilings remaining below a thousand feet through early
afternoon, then slowly improving into this evening. Visibilities
should remain at or above 6sm today through tonight. Winds will be
gusty today, with the strongest winds for late morning through
the afternoon, then decreasing this evening.

Many area rivers and streams are already running high this
morning after the 1.5 to 2.5 inches of rain that fell over the
last 36 hours. Rivers should rise for at least the next few days.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent). Chance of rain showers
                    early in the morning, then rain showers likely
                    late in the morning. Chance of rain showers
                    in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......70 percent.
Chance of thunder...12 percent.
Surface winds (mph).West winds 17 to 19 mph with gusts to around 36
                    mph.
Ceiling (kft).......700 to 800 foot ceilings this morning and early
                    afternoon before a slow improvement to around 1kft
                    for the late afternoon.
Visibility (sm).....6 increasing to 10 in the late morning and
                    afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY CHC
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).40  50  50  60  60  70  60  60  60  50
Chc of thdr (%).10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Surface wnd dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Surface wnd spd.17  18  19  19  19  19  19  19  19  18
Surface wnd gst.30  32  33  33  35  35  35  36  35  32
Ceiling (kft)...0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.2 0.9
Visibility (sm).6   9   10  9   9   8   8   8   8   9

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (45-55 percent). Chance of rain
                    showers early in the evening, then slight
                    chance of rain showers early in the evening.
Chance of pcpn......40 percent.
Chance of thunder...13 percent.
Surface winds (mph).West winds 8 to 14 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph.
Ceiling (kft).......1.5 increasing to 2.5 in the evening,
                    then increasing to 3.0 overnight.
Visibility (sm).....10.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky cover.......MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  PCLDY
Weather cov.....CHANCE S CHC  S CHC
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).40     20     20     10     10     10
Chc of thdr (%).10     10     10     10     10     10
Surface wind....W 14   W 11   W 9    W 8    W 8    W 8
Surface wnd gst.30     23     20     16     15     15
Ceiling (kft)...1.5    2.4    2.2    2.0    2.5    3.0
Visibility (sm).10     10     10     10     10     10

$$
Forecaster...Linda
Requested by...Alex Rice
Type of request...SAR
.TAG 2414880.0/DLH
.DELDT 05/22/24
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.EMAIL 7310@slcrs.org